White House blasts Amazon over tariff cost report: 'Hostile and political act
Source: CNBC
APR 29 20259:01 AM EDT
The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost of President Donald Trumps tariffs next to the total price of products on its site.
This is hostile and political act by Amazon, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a press briefing.
The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon
for reportedly planning to display the cost of President Donald Trumps tariffs next to the total price of products on its site.
This is hostile and political act by Amazon, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a press briefing.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/white-house-blasts-amazon-over-tariff-cost-report-hostile-and-political-act.html
dalton99a
(96,168 posts)because it is
usaf-vet
(7,878 posts)Displaying the import fees would have made clear to American consumers that they are shouldering the cost of President Trumps tariff policies rather than China, as he and his top officials have often claimed would be the case.
JBTaurus83
(1,821 posts)Anyone with common sense would do this if they ran a business. There is a lot of sticker shock about to come down the pipeline, and I highly doubt these companies will want the blame for it. It is a tax.
Lovie777
(24,403 posts)are hostile to anything regarding freedom, rights, free speech, democracy, etc.
General caring and love for country and her people.
Dr. T
(807 posts)crying foul is somewhere between hilarious and pathetic.
truthisfreedom
(23,551 posts)James48
(5,271 posts)You cant hide a 125% tax.
He put it in place without authorization from Congress- then it needs to have his name all over it
getagrip_already
(17,802 posts)And most of amazon merch comes from china. So the tarrifs will range from 147% to 175% for most items, or components of them.
C_U_L8R
(49,621 posts)Toxic to infestations like Trump.
truthisfreedom
(23,551 posts)Inside our bodies, with the bleach.
sinkingfeeling
(58,224 posts)Bengus81
(10,544 posts)FAFO boy...................
travelingthrulife
(5,732 posts)They all deserve each other.
tanyev
(49,929 posts)Marthe48
(23,729 posts)I'm avoiding spending money online or in person, but this drama is fun to know about
Xipe Totec
(44,597 posts)Javaman
(66,024 posts)and issue an apology for a mistake of some kind of fabrication.
Marthe48
(23,729 posts)Another show while they do worse things.
William Seger
(12,564 posts)ms liberty
(11,451 posts)Who don't know wtf they're doing but want to dish it out when they can't take it.
surfered
(14,997 posts)Ignore the cost of tariffs, pay no attention to COVID, and whatever you do, don't look up!. Our Dear Leader will only bring us butterflies and rainbows, after he makes 18 holes-in-one on his golf course.
ClaudetteCC
(194 posts)What an odd thing to complain about.
Maybe this will make it easier to know nation of origin on their products which often seems hidden or not presented.
Keepthesoulalive
(2,465 posts)Kissing his fat rump , donating millions to his campaign and turning the Post into fish wrap didnt help your business in fact it hurt it. He turns on everyone, he has no loyalty to anyone. I hope you suffer because you helped him destroy this country to save a few bucks in taxes and to deregulate business.
Mtnmama
(174 posts)Being truthful and transparent is a "hostile and political" action? Sounds like your typical dictator language.
Tarzanrock
(1,250 posts)Hmm, price transparency is now a "hostile political act" under the dictatorial rule of Kim Jong don so said Karoline Goebbels-Leavitt, Reich Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment. What a collection of disingenuous, prevaricating, lying criminal assholes spewing complete bullshit to try to support a failed and fucked-up, utterly non-workable and totally insane economics tariff plan which only a "fucking moron" could/would believe to be viable. Losers!
Ilsa
(64,727 posts)I'd call F47 a whiny bitch, but that's not fair to bitches. Great job title for Leavitt.
timms139
(574 posts)republican version of Bagdad Bob .
Ohioboy
(3,894 posts)What else is new.
bif
(27,394 posts)robbob
(3,751 posts)like its a bad thing .
Ocelot II
(131,759 posts)Are they going after Wal-Mart and Target and every other business that sells imported products and lists the tariff separately? How is that any different from the common practice of listing a state sales tax on a receipt? If you buy something from Amazon now, the state sales tax is listed. Why not the tariff, which is also a sales tax?
Delmette2.0
(4,506 posts)People know what their state and local sale tax is so they know about how much to expect. With the trump tax we won't know how how much of the price is retail and how much is trump tax.
I think listing the trump tax will save the retailers a lot of head aches with customers who have not been paying attention. My guess of the number of unaware citizens is about 1/3 of the population.
Attilatheblond
(9,457 posts)This group has take the GOP mindset that an uneven playing field is fine and built this lie that only they can engage in political power. They are gonna find out there are people with spines who will not be cowed.
iluvtennis
(21,559 posts)UNNECESSARY tariffs.
bronxiteforever
(11,212 posts)And TSF is manipulating stock prices again.
nilram
(3,576 posts)Jeffy, El Salvador is waiting!
Fil1957
(961 posts)IronLionZion
(51,694 posts)Their idiotic presser still blames "Biden inflation" and regulations and taxes. As if tariffs aren't taxes.
They don't want consumers to know why prices are increasing. They are still hoping MAGAts won't find out who is paying tariffs.
surfered
(14,997 posts)PortTack
(35,824 posts)surfered
(14,997 posts)Why not tariff taxes?
PortTack
(35,824 posts)LiberalArkie
(19,967 posts)to those who thought they could buy their way into what the right used to call "New World Order". If Bezos had just given a few million to Miller it might have been different.
chowder66
(12,677 posts)This tells anyone with two ears everything you need to know.
Tree Lady
(13,427 posts)To give us no federal tax if we make less than 200k in his world not showing us how everything costs more than we pay in tax.
chowder66
(12,677 posts)HighFired49
(536 posts)"In a statement to the Washington Posts Jeff Stein, Amazon, however, made clear the massive online retailer had no such plans. Amazons statement read, The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store has considered listing import charges on certain products. This was never a consideration for the main Amazon site, and nothing has been implemented on any Amazon properties.
republianmushroom
(22,887 posts)they said China would be paying for it. (Like Mexico would be paying for the wall, his first term)
Were they lying to us ?
maxsolomon
(39,363 posts)You wound up in the same place as if you'd done nothing, and now you have to grovel again.